Is social security disability income taxable if you are not of retirement age?

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Social Security disability is taxable in the same fashion as retirement Social Security, regardless of the recipient's age or retirement status. If the individual's tax return shows income over a certain threshold amount, up to 85 percent of the benefits are taxable, according to Nolo.

The threshold depends on the recipient's marital status and tax-return filing status. The calculation involves adding all the other income on the tax return, including tax-exempt interest, to one-half of the Social Security benefits. For a joint return, both spouses' income is included. If this total is more than the threshold, some of the Social Security is taxable income, according to the Internal Revenue Service.